This is a hard book to review. It’s a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I’m thinking that it is closer to the original than the Disney version.
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Desperate and Dateless (Montague Vampires prequel) by Elizabeth Lapthorne
“Welcome to the Inaugural Vampiric Desperate and Dateless Ball.” Vicci needs the credits the Security gig can give her for the Vampiric Desperate and Dateless Ball. Besides, it can’t be hard to watch a bunch of vampires, humans and other assorted species do the dirty bump and grind and seek… Read more »
Review: Their Virgin Captive (Masters of Menage, #1) by Shayla Black & Lexi Blake
Now I’m starting to feel like the dirty old grumpy lady of reading, lol. ***Warning: dirty language ahead*** I was really excited to finally get a chance to read Their Virgin Captive. I mean, really really excited. A friend gifted this book to me and I literally did a happy… Read more »
Soup of the Day: 365 Recipes for Every Day of the Year by Kate McMillan & Erin Kunkel
I have to admit to a weakness for soups. A major weakness. A weakness so strong that I started eating pork again (after a 10+ year hiatus) so I could get a tomato based crab soup mixed with a cream based crab soup. Yeah. It’s like that. This book drew… Read more »
Two Old-Fashioned Men (Old Fashion Man #2) by Laylah Roberts
Some of the characters from An Old-Fashioned Man are back! Meet two of Heath’s brothers, Cam and Kent, as they meet the woman meant to be theirs. Bryony Andrews has never had much luck-with men or jobs. She’s down to her last few dollars when she drives out to the… Read more »
Review: Divorced, Desperate and Delicious (Divorced #1) by Christie Craig
I don’t know what to say. I started reading this and I was quickly drawn in. I enjoyed the characters and – while some of the story was a little…over the top – a lot of it was just great. I probably shouldn’t write a review right now because I’m… Read more »
Unforgivable by Joanna Chambers
A notorious rake is about to make the ultimate faux pas—fall in love with his own wife. Gil Truman has eyes only for the beautiful Tilly—until he is forced to marry plain, sickly Rose Davenport to reclaim the lands his father foolishly gambled away. After a disastrous wedding night tainted… Read more »
Review: Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie
“Okay, Shane,” Agnes said as Brenda’s clock gonged midnight. “I got Joey in the kitchen, a cop in the front hall, a dead body in the basement, and you in my bedroom. Where do you want to start?” — Agnes and the Hitman, page 23 What happens when you… Read more »
Noble Satyr (Roxton Series, #1) by Lucinda Brant
Winner: $10,000 Woman’s Day/Random House Romantic fiction Prize. Paris/London 1745. Antonia is pursued by the lascivious Comte de Salvan who wants her as a mistress. When the libertine Duke of Roxton snatches her from Salvan’s clutches, she believes herself rescued. Has she merely swapped one seducer for another? Will Roxton… Read more »
Wickedly Wanton: A Regency Menage Tale by Kristabel Reed
One of the best things about reading Regency and historical romances is the tension that builds up between the hero and heroine due to their environment. The couple can only meet here and there, steal kisses (among other things). They have to hide any impropriety from all prying eyes. I… Read more »
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